ar aoi

Irish

Alternative forms

arae

Etymology

From Old Irish ar aí (“on account of, because of; as regards, in the matter of; for (the sake of)”).

Preposition

ar aoi (plus genitive, triggers no mutation)

in regard to, on account of

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aoi”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “3 aí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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